The Holy Land is where Christmas began. But with the relative decline of Christianity there, does the yuletide still retain its spirit?
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The Holy Land is where Christmas began. But with the relative decline of Christianity there, does the yuletide still retain its spirit?
Although alcohol is 'haraam', Muslim societies have rarely managed to stay on the wagon, and vital parts of their culture have developed under the influence.
Ramadan is when Muslims fast and feast, but the holy month has something to offer those of other faiths, or none.
Home-grown terrorism in Norway, a resumption of border controls in Denmark and an increasingly immigration-weary Sweden. Is right-wing politics taking hold in the once-tolerant Nordic countries?
Had the threat from far-right extremists been taken more seriously, could the Norway tragedy have been averted?
Can Israelis and Palestinians learn something about building bridges between divided communities from the Egyptian revolution?
Joining itself with an authoritarian regime caused harm to the millennium-long history of al-Azhar University.
Egyptians' lavish burial spaces offer comfort to relatives – while 1.5 million less fortunate Cairenes live among the dead.
